In this post, I will be comparing the per second price plan between all South African mobile cellular networks – Vodacom, Cell C, MTN, 8ta and Virgin mobile.

I’ve compared data bundle prices before and we learned which SP had the cheapest prices between all mobile network services providers (except Virgin Mobile) in South Africa. I figured I should do it with with price plans too because making and / or receiving calls are the main reason we buy cell phones. However, unlike data bundles – it is not easy to tell which prepaid tariff is the cheapest because we have two different types of tariffs, such as “per second” and “per minute”. also, one SP might have cheaper “peak calls” while it’s “off-peak” calls are expensive. But surely we can always determine which one has the best tariff rates to suit an individual’s needs.

Some service providers – like Vodacom – has more than one per second tariff. So, what I did, I only took the cheapest per second price plan from each SP (that’s if an SP has more than one).

Here are the per second tariffs i chose from each service provider:

NB: Virgin Mobile only has one price plan, hence I didn’t have to pick and choose.

I have presented the data with a table and charts below. The data on the table is the same data as the one on the charts. Reason I made both a table and charts – the table seemed cluttered, hence i decided to create charts too. At the very same time I didn’t want to abandon the table since we always use it in this blog, meaning most readers are familiar with it.

Table legend:

Well i just want to clarify to you what is what on the table below;

Home Net – These are calls made to the same network (i.e Cell C to Cell C calls).

Other – These are call made to other networks SP (i.e Calls made from Vodacom to 8ta).

Fixed – These are call made to landlines (i.e Telkom, Neotel etc.)

3.7c / R2.25 – That is, call cost per each second and call cost for the full minute.

Well, i doubt the chats need any clarity. But whatever it is you may not understand, you may always leave a comment.

Now that you know what this post is about and how things go-about, lets get down to it and possible see which service provider has the cheapest per second call cost in South Africa.

Network SP

Home Net. (Peak)

Home Net. (off-peak)

Other (peak)

Other (off peak)

Fixed (peak)

Fixed (off-peak)

SMS (peak)

SMS (off-peak)

Vodacom

3.7c / R2.25

1.9c / R1.18

4.4c / R2.65

2.1c / R1.30

2.1c / R1.30

2.1c / R1.30

80c

35c

MTN

4.3c / R2.59

1.9c / R1.19

4.6c / R2.79

2.1 / R1.30

4.6c /R2.79

2.1 / R1.30

80c

35c

Cell C

1.6c / R0.99

1.6c / R0.99

1.6c / R0.99

1.6c / R0.99

1.6c / R0.99

1.6c / R0.99

50c

50c

8ta

4.5c / R2.70

1.8c / R1.08

4.5c / R2.70

1.08c / R1.08

1.08c / 65c

1.08c / 65c

50c

50c

Virgin Mobile

1.6c / R0.99

1.6c / R0.99

4.3c / R2.60

4.3c / R2.60

4.3c / R2.60

4.3c / R2.60

60c

60c

And here are our charts (make use of the scroll bars when needed):

Calls made to home networks (peak and off-peak)

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Calls made to other networks (peak and off-peak)

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Calls made to landlines (peak and off-peak)

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SMS cost (peak and off-peak)

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